They make PSU's with dual fans, and you can always add a fan or put in better fans. You gotta know what your doing though, make sure it's fully discharged, and be carefull not to touch anything other than fans, fan wires etc.

Still don't recommend it, just buy a Quality PSU with a higher rating than you need and it will run cooler, because it won't have to work as hard to power your computer.

WHY DO IT? It won't run cooler or quieter if you add extra fans. It will only blow the heat OVER THE CPU. You need the PSU fan to suck air out, not mix it in the case.

COMPLETELY BOGUS IDEA. Go buy yourself a decent PSU if your current one is no good.

P.S. If your car aircon is not good enough, you don't get a can opener to take the roof off and then add extra fans.

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ditto, while you probably can, very very bad idea. the cover actually keeps the heat inside the psu and take it out of the case, exposing the psu heat to the system, that too with a fan to take out all the heat and through it at your system is not a good idea. a single 80mm fan will cool the psu the best.

well what if i replaced the back panel facing the drive bays with an open grill like you see on the rear of most 120mm fan psu? in a psu with a rear exhaust fan it could then draw air straight through it with no restrictions. i dont really care how its done i just wanted to figure a way to increase the psu airflow.

i even thought of cutting a hole to mount a case fan to push air through it but the 120mm fan blocks it.

the thing is that most quiet psu run hot, not too hot but they do run hot all the time so i want to move more air through it without increasing the noise.

Antec NeoHe 550-manufactured by seasonic -replacement to the discontinued smart power series

Software:

Windows XP pro SP2 -- vista is still crap

how do you guys get electrocuted by a 500W+ psu and live to tell the tale? anyway, if you want more psu airflow, just cut some more fan holes and add fans. you want the psu heat to not enter the system, psu's run at around 40C on average. and you dont want to dump that heat onto your cpu/vid card. the job of the cover is to protect you and also to contain the heat untill it is removed from the system.

how do you guys get electrocuted by a 500W+ psu and live to tell the tale? anyway, if you want more psu airflow, just cut some more fan holes and add fans. you want the psu heat to not enter the system, psu's run at around 40C on average. and you dont want to dump that heat onto your cpu/vid card. the job of the cover is to protect you and also to contain the heat untill it is removed from the system.

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It's not that hard to survive an electrocution. And at any rate, mine was from like a 100 W psu. The psu was open (checking the fuse) so I put the new fuse in, plugged it in and powered up....it worked, then I unplugged from the wall and the mobo, picked it up with one hand, and then dropped it as it shocked me. The flow of electricity never crossed my heart or brain...the important parts.

As far as this psu out of the casing....really don't do it man, casing is important, because capacitors can hold their charge for a while and you don't want to have to wait a few hours to make sure it drains and such. Just mount the PSU where it's supposed to be.

at least once a month i got zapped, mostly from 220v which strange as it sounds is safer than 110v. the 220v hits you like a punch and knocks you off it. 110v grabs you and holds on, thats the one that kills people.

capacitors are like being tasered or cattle prod.

as far as cutting hole, the 120mm fan is like 3/8" from touching heat sinks and anything below it is blocked by capacitors n stuff. if i remove it the air will go over the psu but not onto it so no cooling.

there are very few straight through fan designs anymore and the few i see are noisy as hell.

at least once a month i got zapped, mostly from 220v which strange as it sounds is safer than 110v. the 220v hits you like a punch and knocks you off it. 110v grabs you and holds on, thats the one that kills people..

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That's not rue everywhere, In Europe I watched a stereo timer grab a guys thumb and I had to kick him off of it. It burned a hole about 1/4 inch wide down to his thumb bone. It depends on the amperage and the phase of the electicity.

It's not the PSU itself that does the damage but the capacitors in them that will hold a strong charge in them kind of like a CRT does. In electronics class in colege we shorted a large old cap with a wire from a distance and blew a hole in the ground about 3 feet wide and 3 feet deep. It was our Proffessors last year, he retired after that class.

You can get hit by 200,000 volts and not die if the amperage was low enough.
Too many amps causes your heart either to stop or to fall out of sync, which is why you see them using shock paddles (defribulators) in medical movies/tv shows like house. Defribulator paddles can not start a stopped heart, but they can shock a heart that is running out of sync back into sync.

You can get hit by 200,000 volts and not die if the amperage was low enough.
Too many amps causes your heart either to stop or to fall out of sync, which is why you see them using shock paddles (defribulators) in medical movies/tv shows like house. Defribulator paddles can not start a stopped heart, but they can shock a heart that is running out of sync back into sync.

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And to add to the fun facts, it can take as little as .1A going across your chest to kill you. Note that the number is one-tenth, not one.

yep... 1A = DEATH. You would be incinerated and die. Removing the PSU from the casing is SUICIDE. its extremely dangerous, dont try it. You guys are very naive to think that it will hurt. You will DIE okay? End of story, even if its not plugged in, the discharge from the PSU's capacitors is enough to severely damage your body.

DONT DO IT. A TPU user dying is seriously tragic.

EDIT: You can remove it if you do a full discharge though.... but i wouldnt bother, you have to leave PSU out for 48 hours+. UNPLUGGED.

yep... 1A = DEATH. You would be incinerated and die. Removing the PSU from the casing is SUICIDE. its extremely dangerous, dont try it. You guys are very naive to think that it will hurt. You will DIE okay? End of story, even if its not plugged in, the discharge from the PSU's capacitors is enough to severely damage your body.

DONT DO IT. A TPU user dying is seriously tragic.

EDIT: You can remove it if you do a full discharge though.... but i wouldnt bother, you have to leave PSU out for 48 hours+. UNPLUGGED.

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Dude I was messing around with a PSU that had sit for about a year unplugged when I got shocked the last time. I was stealing it's fans when my screw driver slipped.:shadedshu

yep... 1A = DEATH. You would be incinerated and die. Removing the PSU from the casing is SUICIDE. its extremely dangerous, dont try it. You guys are very naive to think that it will hurt. You will DIE okay? End of story, even if its not plugged in, the discharge from the PSU's capacitors is enough to severely damage your body.

DONT DO IT. A TPU user dying is seriously tragic.

EDIT: You can remove it if you do a full discharge though.... but i wouldnt bother, you have to leave PSU out for 48 hours+. UNPLUGGED.

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I had my PSU open for a couple of months with a 140mm fan on top of it. It was on top of my computer and I got shocked a couple of times (accidentely touched where the power comes in a few times), but I didn't die. I think you exaggerate things. It's still dangerous though..

EDIT: Of course you can die, but not from just pointing at the PSU with a wooden stick.